NYC issued 16.5 million tickets worth $1.13 billion in FY25: the official annual report, decoded
Short answer: a record year, driven by cameras. The NYC Department of Finance's official Local Law 6 annual report counts 16,547,590 parking and camera violations issued in fiscal year 2025, totaling $1,127,494,699 at face value — up 2.83% from FY24's 16.1 million. School-zone speed cameras alone produced about 4.9 million violations, nearly 30% of everything issued. Here is what the official numbers say, and what our independent hearing-outcome data adds about which of these tickets get dismissed.
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What are the headline FY25 numbers?
- 16,547,590 violations issued in FY25 (July 2024–June 2025) — about 45,000 per day.
- $1,127,494,699 in violations issued at face value — up 3.65% from FY24's $1.09 billion.
- +2.83% vs FY24 in ticket count (16.1M → 16.5M).
- The report is mandated by Local Law 6 of 2022, which requires DOF to publish parking and camera enforcement data every year.
Source: NYC Department of Finance, Annual Report of New York City Parking Tickets and Camera Violations (FY25), published under Local Law 6.
Which violations were issued most in FY25?
The official top 10 accounted for 76.24% of all FY25 violations:
| Violation | FY25 issued | Share |
|---|---|---|
| School zone speed camera | ~4.9 million | 29.5% |
| No parking — street cleaning | ~1.8 million | 11.03% |
| No muni-meter receipt | ~1.2 million | 7.24% |
| No standing | ~845,000 | 5.11% |
| Bus lane camera | ~843,000 | 5.09% |
| Fire hydrant | ~673,000 | 4.07% |
| Red light camera | ~666,000 | 4.02% |
| No parking | ~593,000 | 3.58% |
| MTA bus stop camera | ~565,000 | 3.41% |
| MTA double parking camera | ~524,000 | 3.17% |
Note the composition: five of the top ten are camera programs. And the red light camera figure predates the 2026 expansion from 150 to 600 intersections — expect that line to grow sharply in next year's report.
What do dismissal rates add to the official picture?
The official report counts what was issued; it says nothing about what happens when people fight. Our independent analysis of 26.9 million decided hearing outcomes in NYC Open Data fills that gap for the same violation types:
- Street cleaning (FY25's #2, ~1.8M issued): 25.9% of 1.77 million decided hearings ended in dismissal — full stats.
- School-zone speed camera (#1, ~4.9M issued): only 10.1% dismissed — owner-liability camera tickets are structurally hard to beat.
- Red light camera (#7): 11.7% dismissed.
- Fire hydrant (#6): about 35% dismissed — one of the more fightable common tickets.
The pattern across the whole dataset: officer-issued tickets that hinge on signs, permits, and on-the-ground facts get dismissed far more often than camera tickets. The full ranking is in the most-dismissed tickets guide.
Why do our numbers differ from the official report?
Two deliberate differences in counting, worth being explicit about:
- Fiscal vs calendar year: the DOF report counts by NYC fiscal year (July–June). Our data report groups by calendar issue year from ticket-level NYC Open Data records, so annual totals differ from the official FY figures.
- Issued vs decided: DOF counts everything issued; our dismissal rates only cover tickets that reached a decided hearing (guilty, reduced, or not guilty) — the majority of tickets are simply paid and never appear in hearing outcomes.
When you need the authoritative issuance total, cite the DOF Local Law 6 report. When you need dispute outcomes — which the city does not publish per violation in this form — that is what our dataset is for. Methodology details on the methodology page.
Frequently asked questions
How many parking tickets did NYC issue in FY25?
16,547,590 parking and camera violations, worth $1,127,494,699 at face value, per the official DOF Local Law 6 annual report — up 2.83% from FY24's 16.1 million.
What is the most common ticket in NYC?
School-zone speed camera violations: about 4.9 million issued in FY25, 29.5% of all violations — more than double the runner-up, street cleaning (~1.8 million).
How much money does NYC make from parking tickets?
FY25 violations were issued at a face value of about $1.13 billion, per the official DOF report. Actual collections differ — some tickets are dismissed, reduced, or never paid.
What percentage of NYC tickets get dismissed?
The official report doesn't say — it counts issuance, not outcomes. Across 26.9 million decided hearings in NYC Open Data, roughly 26% ended not guilty overall, but rates vary hugely by type: ~35% for fire hydrant tickets vs ~10% for school-zone speed cameras.
What is the Local Law 6 report?
A report NYC's Department of Finance must publish each year under Local Law 6 of 2022, covering its administration of parking tickets and camera violations — including counts and dollar amounts by violation type, plate type, and more.
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Related guides
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NYC Ticket Odds is not a law firm and this guide is not legal advice. It summarizes publicly available NYC Department of Finance procedures and public hearing data. Rules can change — always confirm details on nyc.gov. Historical statistics do not predict or guarantee the outcome of any individual case.
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